Coin chute



Aug; 4, 1936. W. A. TRAjrs'cH ET AL.

GOIN CHUTE Filed 0G12. 2, 1935 WalferA Tfasc aaema/d'rmzf INVENTORS.

BY @M THEIR ATTORNEYS.

305 Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional Patented Aug. 4, `1936 PATENT 'oi-FICE COIN CHUTE Walter A. Tratsch and Bernhard C. Grunig,

Chicago, lll.'

applicati@ octber 2, 1935, serial N0. 43,152

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This invention relates to a coin chute. It is an object of. -this invention to provide an improved coin chute which .is relatively simple Land inexpensive in construction and eilicient in Another object of the present` invention is to provide anv improvement upon the visible display coin chute shown and described 4in our copend- ,ing application, Serial No. 11,103, illed March 1 0 14, 1935.

A further object of the present invention is to' provide-a fraudprevention attachment for the coin chute shown and described vin our above- ,j identied copendingv application and by. means l5 `oi? which the operator of the coin chute is prevented froml inserting a wire or analogous tool through the coin chute into engagement with the coin controlled mechanism with which the coin chute is associated. i

202 Other objects will appear hereinafter. The invention .consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts to be-hereinafter described and claimed. y

' The invention will be best understood by refer'- zs ence to the accompanying drawing showing the preferred form of construction, and in which: Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a coin chute embodying a preferred form of'thepresent invention; view of the same on line 2-2 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3'is 'a fragmentary bottom plan view, on line 3-3 in Fig. 2, showing the 'new fraud-prevention attachment and showing a fraudulent Sdi-instrument intheform of a wire in inelectlve position; and

4 is a transverse sectional view on line V.4-4inFig.2.

The coin chute shown in the accompanying 40 drawing isl substantially the same as the coin chute which is described and claimed in our above-identied copending application, except for the fraud prevention attachment which forms 45- -coin chute being generally'indicated at |0, and comprising aguide structure I'I, and a coin slide I2 carried thereby; the said coin slide I2 being provided with a coin aperture 2l, and the guide structure II` including mounting or face plate 50"35 by means oiwhich the coin chute I0 may be mounted in the wall of the cabinetor vcasingv of a coincontrolled device, machine or apparatus,-

as is well'understood in the art.

'I'he coin chute III is provided with the usual "fraud-prevention devices-'for preventing the use the subject matter of this application, the said (Cl. A194--9'0 of fraudulent or spurious coins, such fraud-preventiondevices being generally indicated at 20A and being of the type disclosed in the Tratsch` and Hall patents, No. 1,908,380,1granted May May 9, 1933, and No. 1,908,752, granted May 5 16, 1933. Provided in the coin slide I2 is an elongated slot 2| (Fig. 41) vand projecting into this slot 2I is an upwardly projecting pin or stud 22 which iscarried by a slide I8, this slide 'I8 being slid- 10 ably mounted upon the bottom wall 23 of the guide structurel II and below the slide I2. A'Provided in the slide I8 is a coin aperturev I9.

Mounted on, or formed as a partv of the y'upper wall of the guide structure II, as may be desired, 1 5 is an annular member or ring I3 in which is provided a coin displaying sight opening I4 and formed in a horizontal wall I6 of the guide struc- I ture II, below the coin slide I2, isa coin display pocket I'I (Fig. 2), this display pocket Il beinggo disposed in registration with the sightl opening Il.'

Having one end attached to the slide bar I8, as at 25, and having its other end. attached to the bottom wall 23 of the guide structure II, as at 26, is va resetting spring 21 by means of which 25 the slide bar I8 is normally urged (right to left, Figs. 1, 2, and3) so as to dispose the coinl aperture I9 therein `in registration with the sight opening Il and the coin display pocket I'I; the

slide bar I8 being stopped inthis ,position in 30 any suitable manner, as by the means shown for this purpose in our above-identified copending application.

Providedinthe coin slide I2 is a sight opening 28 and the-coin slide I2 is normally urged (right 35 toleft, Figs. 1 and 2) by its resetting'spring 39,5 so as'- to'dispose thesight openingv 28 which is formed therein (Figs. 1 andv 2) in registration with the coin display or sight opening Il which is formed in or upon the top wall of the guidestructureII. l

Formed as a part of the annular member or ringA I3, or attached thereto in any suitable manner, as may bedesired, -is an'extension 3l and this exten'- sion 3l has a depending iiange 32,.this flange. extending around a. part of the marginal edge of the plate or extension 3I `(Figs. 2, 3, andfi) and bearing at its lower edge against the upper surface. of the slide I2, it being. noted that the depending flange 32 extends transversely across the slot 2I and between 'the sight opening 2Bfandthe inner end of the slide I 2when the latter is inits normal psition (as in Fig."2)

Provided in the upper surface of the. shelf I6A (Fig. 2) is a depressed ledge or pocket 29.

Operation The coin slide I2 is normally disposed, by the action of its resetting spring 30, in coin-receiving position with the sight opening 28 which is formed in the coin slide I2 disposed in registration with the sight opening I4, as shown in Fig. 2, and when a coin is inserted into the coin aperture 24 of the coin slide I2 and the latter is pushed inwardly (left to right, Figs. 1 and 2) the coin or token disposed in the coin aperture 24 of the slide I2 is carried by the slide I2 along the upper surface of the bottom wall 33 of the guide structure II, and falls from the latter into the pocket 29 which is formed as a depressed ledge in the guide structure II whereupon further inward move' ment of the coin slide I2 causes the coin or token which is disposed in the coin aperture 24 of the coin slide I2, and in the pocket 29, tobe angled downwardly oi the front or inner end of the pocket 29, and further inward movement of the coin slide I2 urges the coin or token into the sightvopening or pocket lI'I whence it falls onto the upper surface of the rear portion of the slide The coin or token is thus deposited in the display 'pockets I4-I T, upon the upper surface of the slide bar I8, and as the coin slide I2 is pushed inwardly (left to right,` Figs. 1 and 2), the end wall of the slot 2|, .which is formed in the coin slide I2, engages the pin 22, which is carried by the slide `I8, whereupon the slide I2 and the slide I8 move together as a unit (left to right, Figs. 1 and 2), and when the slides I2 and I8 are returned to their normal or initial positions the coin or token which has previously been deposited on the upthe provisionof means (the flanged plate 3I-32).

whereby theoperator of the present coin chute will b eprevented from inserting a wire or analo-y gous fraudulent instrument 34 through the coin aperture -24of the slide .I2 and thencevthrough thel body" ofthe coin chute, by way of 4the elongated'fslot 2| and the sight opening28, as indicated in dotted lines (Fig. 2) ,-it being unders tood that lwhen 'al wire or'other like fraudulent instrument-is'thus inserted through the coin chute A,

shown a'nddescribed in. our said copending applicationits inner end maybe engaged with the operatingmechanism of .the apparatus with which thecoin chute is associated and the said apparatus may thus be' fraudulently operatedv without the insertion of a proper coin into the coin aperture of ythe slideand byv less than a full stroke offthe latter. l i

This was a difficultyexperiencedin the use of Y the coin` c hute shown V'and described in our above prevented thereby from being moved past the flange 32 into engagement with the operating mechanism 40, for example, of the apparatus with which' the coin chute is associated, that is, the wire or like fraudulent instrument 34 will be prevented from being movedinto itseffective position to move the slidable member 40, associated with the game board 42, to the dotted-line positionv (Fig. 2). it 4being understood that the fraudulent instrument 34 may be inserted, as shown, into the coin chute shown in our said copending application and which does not embody the iianged plate While the fraud-prevention attachment 3I-3`2 has been described and illustrated as associated with the visible display coin chute shown and described in our said copending application it may be used with other' types of coin chutes which have a slot such as the slot 2 I, for the reception of a stop for a magnetic disc, as in the Tratsch and Hall patents, Nos. 1,908,380 and 1,908,752, or which have a slot such as the slot 2I for the reception of any other device or instrumentality, and through whicha Wire or like fraudulent instrument may be projected after being inserted into the coin aperture of the slide.

While We have illustratedand described the preferred form of construction for carrying our invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modication, without departing from the spirit of the invention. We, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail ourselves' of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.44

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to protect by Lettersy Patent is:

1. A coin chute comprising a guide structure; a

' slide carried by the said guide structure provided with a coin aperture and havingan elongated slot formed therein and extending axially relative to the long axis and plane of movement of said slide for the reception of a stop for a magnetic disc or other vfraud-.prevention yinstrumen tality; a'. member carried by the said guide structure above thesaid slide and having a flange dey the long' axis 'and'plane of movement of said slide for the receptionof al fraud-prevention instru- 60 mentalityfa member carried bythe saidguide structure above the said slide and having an edge or lip extending transversely across said slot and bearing against the upper surface of said slide so as to prevent la wire or other analogous or likeinstrumentfrom' being projected through the body of Asaid coin chute by way of said coin. aperture 4 

